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MEET MARY KATHERINE BRENNAN (continued)
My family spent weekend afternoons at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie
Museum complex, where I haunted the Hall of Architecture,
studied Monet’s water lilies, read in the library and
gazed at dinosaur bones.
Reading, reading,
reading
I loved books. But in my family, this was as unremarkable
as breathing. We all read voraciously—for entertainment,
information, color, history. Books changed us and gave us
a sense of solid ground under our feet.
My reading led me to Yale, where I studied cell biology and
was lucky enough to meet George.
After college, I worked for several years in the laboratory
of a Nobel laureate, using an ultramicrotome, the world’s
sharpest diamond blade, to precision-cut tissue samples and
study cell structure.
Paying my dues
Later I worked for 10 years in New York City as a science
editor and managing editor of science journals. I dealt with
researchers around the world, worked with old-time printer’s
proofs set in gorgeous hot type, attended the ballet and enjoyed
occasional martinis at the Oak Room.
In 1989, George and I moved to Boston (where I opened my first
home office as a science editor) and, in 1991, to Maine.
Enjoying every day
Today I still edit science books. But Red Squirrel Studio
keeps me busy too. Each day presents challenges and questions,
and I find answers in my prints and artist’s books as
well as in my collaborations with George and my students.
I hope you'll enjoy my books
and prints as well as my blogs, Lux and Working Artist's Daybook.
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